 Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing; To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly Lies all neglected, all forgot : And pensive, wavering,...  The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior - עמוד 134מאת Matthew Prior - 1907 - 150 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 582 דפים
...English reader may see translated into our own language, with all the spirit of the original. " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer...To take thy flight, thou know'st not whither ? Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous folly, Lies all neglected, all forgot ! And pensive, wavering, melancholy,... | |
 | Joe Miller - 1836 - 266 דפים
...superior bliss heaven can bestow, The Emperor Adrian's Death-bed Verses to his Soul imitated. Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer...dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight the Lord knows whither? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 598 דפים
...abibis in loca, Pnllidula, rigida, nudula? Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos. Thus imitated by Prior : — Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer...wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1839 - 590 דפים
...abibis in loca, Pallidula, rigida, nudula? Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos. Thus imitated by Prior : — Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer...To take thy flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot ; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,... | |
 | 1840 - 652 דפים
...for ever dwell! Ladies' Amusement. GLEE,/or 4 Voices.— Dr. ARNE. (Alto, 2 Tenors, and Bass.) POOR little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy downy wing, To take its flight thou know'st not whither ? Thy pleasing vein, thy amorous folly, Are... | |
 | John Wesley - 1840 - 564 דפים
...our own language, with all the «pint of the original. " Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Muet we no longer live together ? And dost thou prune thy trembling wing, To take ! i. v night, thou know 'el not whither ? Thy pleasing vein, thy humorous fully, Lies all neglected,... | |
 | 1874 - 898 דפים
...Voltaire, and was not of the latter's own originating — is apparent in Prior's lines to his soul : Poor little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer...prune thy trembling wing. To take thy flight thou kuow'st not whither ? Thy humorous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot : And pensive,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1846 - 412 דפים
...jocos. Thus imitated by Prior : Poor little pretty fluttering thing, Must we no longer live together1! And dost thou prune thy trembling wing To take thy flight thou know'st not whither 7 Thy hum'rous vein, thy pleasing folly, Lie all neglected, all forgot; And pensive, wav'ring, melancholy,... | |
 | John Collingwood Bruce - 1851 - 594 דפים
...rigida, nudula ? Nee ut soles dabis joca. These lines are thus happily imitated by Prior — Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer...melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. Severus' restless pursuit after happiness was equally vain. His dying words are said to have been,... | |
 | John Collingwood Bruce - 1851 - 578 דפים
...rigida, nudula ? Nee ut soles dabis joca. These lines are thus happily imitated by Prior — Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing, Must we no longer...melancholy, Thou dread'st and hop'st thou know'st not what. Severus' restless pursuit after happiness was equally vain. His dying words are said to have been,... | |
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